Job 27 #catechesis/bible/job
[!abstract] Job persists in asserting his own innocence, and that hypocrites will be punished in the end.
Book: Job · ← Job 26 · Job 28 →
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GR ἔτι δὲ προσθεὶς Ιωβ εἶπεν τῷ προοιμίῳ
LA Addidit quoque Job, assumens parabolam suam, et dixit:
EN Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:
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GR ζῇ κύριος ὃς οὕτω με κέκρικεν καὶ ὁ παντοκράτωρ ὁ πικράνας μου τὴν ψυχήν
LA Vivit Deus, qui abstulit judicium meum, et Omnipotens, qui ad amaritudinem adduxit animam meam.
EN As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has brought my soul to bitterness,
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GR ἦ μὴν ἔτι τῆς πνοῆς μου ἐνούσης πνεῦμα δὲ θεῖον τὸ περιόν μοι ἐν ῥισίν
LA Quia donec superest halitus in me, et spiritus Dei in naribus meis,
EN as long as breath remains in me, and the spirit of God in my nostrils,
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GR μὴ λαλήσειν τὰ χείλη μου ἄνομα οὐδὲ ἡ ψυχή μου μελετήσει ἄδικα
LA non loquentur labia mea iniquitatem, nec lingua mea meditabitur mendacium.
EN my lips shall not speak iniquity, neither shall my tongue contrive lying.
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GR μή μοι εἴη δικαίους ὑμᾶς ἀποφῆναι ἕως ἂν ἀποθάνω οὐ γὰρ ἀπαλλάξω μου τὴν ἀκακίαν
LA Absit a me ut justos vos esse judicem: donec deficiam, non recedam ab innocentia mea.
EN God forbid that I should judge you to be just: till I die I will not depart from my innocence.
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GR δικαιοσύνῃ δὲ προσέχων οὐ μὴ προῶμαι οὐ γὰρ σύνοιδα ἐμαυτῷ ἄτοπα πράξας
LA Justificationem meam, quam cœpi tenere, non deseram: neque enim reprehendit me cor meum in omni vita mea.
EN My justification, which I have begun to hold, I will not forsake: for my heart does not reprehend me in all my life.
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GR οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ εἴησαν οἱ ἐχθροί μου ὥσπερ ἡ καταστροφὴ τῶν ἀσεβῶν καὶ οἱ ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἐπανιστανόμενοι ὥσπερ ἡ ἀπώλεια τῶν παρανόμων
LA Sit ut impius, inimicus meus, et adversarius meus quasi iniquus.
EN Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my adversary as the wicked one.
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GR καὶ τίς γάρ ἐστιν ἐλπὶς ἀσεβεῖ ὅτι ἐπέχει πεποιθὼς ἐπὶ κύριον ἆρα σωθήσεται
LA Quæ est enim spes hypocritæ, si avare rapiat, et non liberet Deus animam ejus?
EN For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?
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GR ἦ τὴν δέησιν αὐτοῦ εἰσακούσεται κύριος ἢ ἐπελθούσης αὐτῷ ἀνάγκης
LA Numquid Deus audiet clamorem ejus, cum venerit super eum angustia?
EN Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?
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GR μὴ ἔχει τινὰ παρρησίαν ἔναντι αὐτοῦ ἢ ὡς ἐπικαλεσαμένου αὐτοῦ εἰσακούσεται αὐτοῦ
LA aut poterit in Omnipotente delectari, et invocare Deum omni tempore?
EN Or can he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?
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GR ἀλλὰ δὴ ἀναγγελῶ ὑμῖν τί ἐστιν ἐν χειρὶ κυρίου ἅ ἐστιν παρὰ παντοκράτορι οὐ ψεύσομαι
LA Docebo vos per manum Dei quæ Omnipotens habeat, nec abscondam.
EN I will teach you by the hand of God, what the Almighty has, and I will not conceal it.
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GR ἰδοὺ δὴ πάντες οἴδατε ὅτι κενὰ κενοῖς ἐπιβάλλετε
LA Ecce vos omnes nostis: et quid sine causa vana loquimini?
EN Behold you all know it, and why do you speak vain things without cause?
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GR αὕτη ἡ μερὶς ἀνθρώπου ἀσεβοῦς παρὰ κυρίου κτῆμα δὲ δυναστῶν ἐλεύσεται παρὰ παντοκράτορος ἐπ’ αὐτούς
LA Hæc est pars hominis impii apud Deum, et hæreditas violentorum, quam ob Omnipotente suscipient.
EN This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
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GR ἐὰν δὲ πολλοὶ γένωνται οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς σφαγὴν ἔσονται ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἀνδρωθῶσιν προσαιτήσουσιν
LA Si multiplicati fuerint filii ejus, in gladio erunt, et nepotes ejus non saturabuntur pane:
EN If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread.
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GR οἱ δὲ περιόντες αὐτοῦ ἐν θανάτῳ τελευτήσουσιν χήρας δὲ αὐτῶν οὐθεὶς ἐλεήσει
LA qui reliqui fuerint ex eo sepelientur in interitu, et viduæ illius non plorabunt.
EN They that shall remain of him, shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.
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GR ἐὰν συναγάγῃ ὥσπερ γῆν ἀργύριον ἴσα δὲ πηλῷ ἑτοιμάσῃ χρυσίον
LA Si comportaverit quasi terram argentum, et sicut lutum præparaverit vestimenta:
EN If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,
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GR ταῦτα πάντα δίκαιοι περιποιήσονται τὰ δὲ χρήματα αὐτοῦ ἀληθινοὶ καθέξουσιν
LA præparabit quidem, sed justus vestietur illis, et argentum innocens dividet.
EN he shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver.
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GR ἀπέβη δὲ ὁ οἶκος αὐτοῦ ὥσπερ σῆτες καὶ ὥσπερ ἀράχνη
LA Ædificavit sicut tinea domum suam, et sicut custos fecit umbraculum.
EN He has built his house as a moth, and as a keeper he has made a booth.
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GR πλούσιος κοιμηθεὶς καὶ οὐ προσθήσει ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ διήνοιξεν καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν
LA Dives, cum dormierit, nihil secum auferet: aperiet oculos suos, et nihil inveniet.
EN The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing.
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GR συνήντησαν αὐτῷ ὥσπερ ὕδωρ αἱ ὀδύναι νυκτὶ δὲ ὑφείλατο αὐτὸν γνόφος
LA Apprehendet eum quasi aqua inopia: nocte opprimet eum tempestas.
EN Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night:
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GR ἀναλήμψεται αὐτὸν καύσων καὶ ἀπελεύσεται καὶ λικμήσει αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ
LA Tollet eum ventus urens, et auferet, et velut turbo rapiet eum de loco suo.
EN A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place.
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GR καὶ ἐπιρρίψει ἐπ’ αὐτὸν καὶ οὐ φείσεται ἐκ χειρὸς αὐτοῦ φυγῇ φεύξεται
LA Et mittet super eum, et non parcet: de manu ejus fugiens fugiet.
EN And he shall cast upon him, and shall not spare: out of his hand he would willingly flee.
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GR κροτήσει ἐπ’ αὐτοῦ χεῖρας αὐτοῦ καὶ συριεῖ αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ
LA Stringet super eum manus suas, et sibilabit super illum, intuens locum ejus.
EN He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place.
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